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I can’t tear myself away from the Weather Channel. Away from the photos and videos of devastation and heartbreak. I can’t breathe for the weight on my chest and the ache in my heart. And I’m stunned by the power. Oklahoma. Where the wind came sweeping down the plain....
God sends the stormy wind of his providential and painful visitations, to sweep away the clouds and cause the hidden luminary to shine forth. ~ John Angell James, Benefits of Affliction Every day I have a choice – to choose despair or delight, grumbling or...
[serialposts]They mother the motherless, the mamas in this orphan village. The team that traveled to Jeremie, Haiti, the month before us went specifically to love on them. The photo of women washing the feet of women who wash feet nearly undid me. These mamas carry...
There is a way for us to behold glory, and it looks like reaching across the table and just crying with someone who's hurting, not saying much. Sometimes all you can say, your arms around them, is this sucks. I understand what it means to be angry at God--I've been...
I see God’s creative finger in all seasons. But never more, I think, than in...
I brush the hair from my mouth and eyes, pull hands up into sweatshirt...
[serialposts]I come from a long line of food lovers, and some of my strongest...
We're at Steak 'n Shake. "Takhomasak," gleams the neon sign over the counter....
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